Greetings from Fog City! We’re going into day 3 now of a dense ‘haar’ (sea mist) that is enveloping Aberdeen and surroundings. Normally the wind is from the West, giving us crystal clear skies, especially in the morning. But an easterly breeze is now colliding with cold air on land, making it feel distinctly Autumnal.
Some trees are now in leaf, but many are still bare. The tomato, cucumber and cucamelon plants in the greenhouse look at me in bewilderment – 10 degrees Celsius is not what they signed up for!
I went for a very drizzly bike ride today to check on my rhubarb spots. The majority of the growth is still to come, but I’m running out of food in the freezer. So I collected just a few stalks to cook a kilner jar full, leaving the rest to get a bit bigger.
I also got some more sweet cicely to add to the rhubarb. The leaves felt wonderfully fresh in the rain.
There still are no St. George’s mushrooms, but I’m sure that when the wind changes and the sun heats up the soil, they will leap into action. Watch this space!
The healthy forager 